The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.

Presents 80 documents selected to reflect Eric Voegelin's theory that in Western civilization basic political symbolizations tend to be variants of the original

This landmark work in historical and legal scholarship draws upon thousands of sources to trace the Constitution's progress through each of the thirteen states'

Reprint. Originally published : Washington, D.C. : National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1978.

Currie's masterful synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history, gives us a sophisticated and much-needed evaluation of the Supreme Court's first hundred y